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The problem is that substantial number of people are actually shit employees who create no real value to companies or society. They may be able to pull off the bare minimum requirement to get the money they need, but it'll be like pulling teeth to get them to consistently show up and do their jobs to even a half-decent level.

What you need is a job that's largely self-evidently-verifying (can't be faked), doesn't really need to interface much with other humans (especially customers), and can be self-started/managed. For some homeless people, that job is picking up cans and bottles for recycling money, but it's hard to come up with more and better ones.



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